EP 9: Laura Holcombe, Talent Acquisition Manager - Streetbees

Laura Holcombe, Talent Acquisition Manager at Streetbees, joins host James Mackey  to discuss how to rise into a talent acquisition leadership role, recruiter lessons from the pandemic, the importance of being human and much more!

Episode Chapters

00:15 Who is Laura Holcombe?

01:10 Laura’s rise to talent acquisition leadership

02:10 The importance of infusing the human element into talent acquisition

05:11 Going from agency recruitment to in-house recruitment

07:22 The pandemic was a course correction on values

09:15 Power of personal branding on LinkedIn

11:00 Training recruiters to embrace the human element of recruitment

15:48 Optimizing recruitment operations

22:00 Getting into talent acquisition during the pandemic

25:13 How recruiters feel when their company treats candidates poorly

26:25 The power of being in tech

27:40 How to get into talent acquisition leadership

32:00 Importance of people skills

33:15 Importance of business acumen

34:30 Say-Do ratio

35:55 Asking for feedback from direct reports

38:50 How to contact Laura

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Our host James Mackey

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